Travel or Local Stepdown RN Job in Birmingham, Alabama
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Travel or Local Stepdown RN Job in Birmingham, Alabama
Leeds, AL
Posted 6 days ago
About the job
Join a healthcare team as a Stepdown RN in Birmingham, providing care for patients transitioning from ICU to general wards, focusing on monitoring and medication management.
Requirements
- RN license
- Patient care experience
- Monitoring skills
- Collaboration skills
Qualifications
- State nursing license
- Experience in stepdown units
- Strong clinical skills
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Responsibilities
Stepdown Nurses (RN) provide patient care in transitional units where patients are too sick for the med-surg floor but not sick enough for intensive care. Stepdown RNs job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Evaluate and monitor patient’s progress, identifying sudden or subtle changes in the patient’s medical condition
- Calculate drug dosage, titrate medication doses, administer continuous medication infusion and monitor patients for effects of medication
- Stepdown RNs work closely and collaborate with physicians and all other healthcare professionals
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